Patents by Inventor L. Scott Gallagher

L. Scott Gallagher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7637504
    Abstract: A wagering game between a dealer and one or more players involving one or more decks of cards, a plurality of betting boards and player markers. Each betting board has four betting places corresponding to one of four card suits and two betting places corresponding to one of two card colors. A ladder presenting progressively increasing designated odds payoff is represented above the betting places. Each player makes a bet by selecting a betting place with a marker. A dealer deals one card. If the betting place matches the suit or color of the card dealt, the player is a winner. The winner may accept the designated odds payoff or may continue play during the next iteration at a higher designated odds payoff. If the player's betting place does not match the suit or color of the card dealt, the player loses and the dealer is the winner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Inventors: L. Scott Gallagher, Christina L. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 7568701
    Abstract: A wagering game between a dealer and one or more players involving one or more decks of cards, a plurality of betting boards and player markers. Each betting board has four betting places, each place corresponding to one of four card suits, said betting places being arranged near the bottom of the betting board. Each player makes a bet by selecting a betting place with a marker. A dealer deals one card. If the betting place matches the suit of the card dealt, the player is a winner. If the player's betting place does not match the suit of the card dealt, the player loses and the dealer moves the losing player's wager to a jackpot area. The winner of the jackpot is the player having a bet matching the suit of the card dealt and having a card with the highest rank of other cards matching suits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Inventors: L. Scott Gallagher, Christina L. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 7216869
    Abstract: A wagering game between a dealer and one or more players involving one or more decks of cards, a plurality of betting boards and player markers. Each betting board has four betting places, each place corresponding to one of four card suits, said betting places being arranged near the bottom of the betting board. A ladder presenting progressively increasing designated odds payoff is represented above the betting places. Each player makes a bet by selecting a betting place with a marker. A dealer deals one card. If the betting place matches the suit of the card dealt, the player is a winner. The winner may accept the designated odds payoff or may continue play during the next iteration at a higher designated odds payoff. If the player's betting place does not match the suit of the card dealt, the player loses and the dealer is the winner. Players may make side bets on the value of the card dealt as agreed to between player and dealer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Inventors: L. Scott Gallagher, Christina L. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 7207562
    Abstract: A wagering game between a dealer and one or more players involving one or more decks of cards, a betting board and player markers. The betting board has four columns of betting places, each column corresponding to one of four card suits, said betting places being arranged in rows of four, one betting place for each column. Each row is set at a progressively increasing designated odds payoff. Each player makes a bet by selecting a betting place with a marker. A dealer deals one card to each player. If the column of the betting place matches the suit of the card dealt, the player is a winner. The winner may accept the designated odds payoff or may advance up the column to a higher designated odds payoff row. If the player's betting place column does not match the suit of the card dealt, the dealer is the winner. Players may make side bets on the value of the card dealt as agreed to between player and dealer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventors: L. Scott Gallagher, Christina L. Gallagher